The human mind is a machine for self-deception; we see what we want to see.
实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。
The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.
I think people believe in heaven because they don’t like the idea of dying, because they want to carry on living and they don’t like the idea that other people will move into their house and put their things into the rubbish.